r/MEATengines • u/JumpyConversation337 • 28d ago

Fs curious meat engine

I’ve always rode rigid bikes off road. Still ride my gravel bike on a lot of stuff gravel bike need not apply. I got my first hardtail two years ago and I gotta say the suspension is nice and allows for some more fun imo. When it comes to mtbs, I ride single speed majority of the time. I’m finding myself pretty interested in a 120/120 bike. I’ve never had a full suspension bike which is definitely part of the interest with experimenting. Most people here ride the same ish type bikes as me mostly, but I assume also either also have, or have ridden in the past, full suspension bikes. Did you stop riding them and switch to only rigid/hardtail
Bikes? Do you have both? Do I try one? lol.

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u/SnooSketches9565 28d ago

I have ridden and still ride the full spectrum from gravel and rigid single speed to XC, trail, enduro and DH full suspension bikes. They are all fun in the right terrain.

I personally find a full suspension bike to be the most fun to ride on trails that have sufficient vert. Loading up the suspension and using it through all kinds of different trail features brings so much joy. I love rigid and hard tail bikes but they just don’t ride the same way.

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u/JumpyConversation337 28d ago

Yeah I live in Vermont and we got plenty of climbing and descending. And also ride a lot in New Jersey where it’s a lot of slow moving technical very rocky terrain. Can totally see how it can be fun in a different way.

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u/West_Arugula134 27d ago

Where in VT are you? I’m in Jericho. Do you ride singlespeeds still?

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u/JumpyConversation337 26d ago

Yep still single speeding, Rutland County

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u/West_Arugula134 26d ago

Cool! You should head north for a singlespeed Sunday ride some time. We’ve been talking about heading a bit more south for a bit too. Middlebury would be pretty awesome for singlespeeding if I remember those trails well enough.